CHAPTER 4 1 _The parable of the sower_, 14 _and the meaning thereof_. 21 _We must communicate the light of our knowledge to others_. 26 _The parable of the seed growing secretly_, 30 _and of the mustard seed_. 35 _Christ stilleth the tempest on the sea._ Ver. 10. _And when He was alone_ : Gr. _καταμ... [ Continue Reading ]
_Doth a candle come in, i.e._, is it brought into a house, _to be put under a bushel or under a bed?_ That it should be hidden under a vessel? No! but that it should be exposed publicly, and give light to all. Christ signified by this parable that it was not His will that the mysteries of this parab... [ Continue Reading ]
_And He said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the earth._ This is another parable, different from that of _the Sower_, which precedes it. Both, however, are taken from _seed_, but differently applied and explained. Moreover, by _the seed_, as SS. Chrysostom and Bede right... [ Continue Reading ]
_For the earth of itself bringeth forth fruit; first the blade, then the ear, afterwards the full corn in the ear._ Arabic, _Because the earth alone bringeth forth fruit;._.. _afterwards the ear is filled, and when the fruit is perfect, then the sickle is applied, because it is harvest._ Thus, in li... [ Continue Reading ]